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i don't think you understand what is is like to be listening to a scorer all night while you are trying to get some sleep, Firstly the roncador is asleep and will be freshened in the morning, you on the otherhand will have a tiring day ahead...
Snoring (another post ...)
After 4 days of seriously noisy snorers in albergues, I was getting increasingly drained during the day. At one point, I was thinking whether I can continue, whether I want to, or should have to, use hotels just to be...
True. But it is still a massively different situation to what many people experience in normal every day life at home.
It's a certain kind of people who go on that kind of pilgrimage, and the pilgrimage situation makes many people more open than...
Thank you. I was wondering the same thing. Does @Zara123 want to be part of a group, or rather be left alone?
Yes, but on the Camino it's easier and more natural to strike up a conversation with a "stranger" in a cafe than it is at home...
Hi, I don’t have diagnosed social anxiety but I am an introvert and anxious so maybe I do. I walked alone in 2016. I had some anxiety about the whole Camino family thing as I don’t like feeling like my decisions are controlled by others, I hate...
I’m in a similar situation, I’m also a newbie, planning my first Camino this coming August. I have a history of lots of things including social anxiety (and many, many more issues). I used to be painfully shy and introverted, but I’ve come a long...
When I walked the Frances in 2022 during a heat wave I booked the hotel that you walk past when you first arrive in town because they advertised air conditioning on Booking.com.
They do not have ac and my room was very stuffy when I checked in...
I don't see a problem, provided you are reasonably fit and healthy. I have walked all these routes, though not necessarily as a combo. I have walked Salvador followed by Primitivo, which was most enjoyable.
Start by asking yourself what your motivations are for doing the pilgrimage.
On the Frances if can be quite giddy with first-timers, people from all over the world, cañas and cafe lattes (I'm feeling too argumentative to say cafe con leche)...
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